Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Genius

• Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Soul, Genius, Conclusion

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.1216, Delphi Classics

• Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Women, Roots, Brain

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.1223, Delphi Classics

• Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Government, Genius, Bears

  Ambrose Bierce, Brian St. Pierre (1987). “The Devil's advocate: an Ambrose Bierce reader”, Chronicle Books (CA)

• A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales”, p.249, tredition

• There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Genius, Fool

  Ambrose Bierce (2015). “A Cynic Looks at Life”, p.38, Sheba Blake Publishing

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